"In addition to the obelisk of 45084-7, 65084-2, 87084-1, 89084-1, all stolen?"

In the underground warehouse at Base 084, Hill frowned as he looked at the list handed by Merlin. She asked softly:

"What are these things?"

"Follow me."

Merlin waved to Ciel, and he led Ciel into the warehouse, where before their eyes, seal boxes were being opened, and several housekeeping agents were recording data from the scene.

Of the more than 40 boxes that have been opened, 4 are empty, which is a testament to the seriousness of the problem.

From the time of the Strategic Science Corps to the time of S.H.I.E.L.D., almost every year the agents will recover some mess, including some extremely destructive things.

At present, the total number of items No. 084 owned by S.H.I.E.L.D. has exceeded 400, and if it is calculated according to the probability of this horror in front of them, then without anyone noticing, S.H.I.E.L.D. is likely to have lost more than one-tenth of the strange items.

"45084-7 is an obelisk, you already know this."

Merlin pointed to the three empty chests at his feet and a large empty safe by the wall, and said to Ciel:

"As described in the list, 65084-2 is a red broken belt that allows for spatial movement."

"87084-1 is the prototype of the photonic engine vehicle named 'Isis' that year, which was the test product of the failed Pegasus Project."

"As for 89084-1..."

Merlin looked at the small box at his feet, and said to Hill with his usual expression:

"It was a magical artifact, called 'Yustu's Green Bell', which was said to have been recovered by Fury himself, and it almost killed me in '89. Ciel, of the four known stolen items, the Green Bell and the Obelisk are the two most dangerous. ”

"It's terrible."

Hill frowned at all of this, she could already imagine Fury's expression after learning about this bad thing.

"Chief Merlin, do you have any clues?"

Hill asked:

"Can you guess who took these things?"

"At present, the most suspicious is undoubtedly the Ministry of Defense."

Merlin said in a heavy tone:

"I just used the wizarding method to 'question' several directors of the base, and their suspicions can basically be ruled out. These things should have been taken away during the period when the Ministry of Defense took over Base 084, but we don't know now whether those crazy soldiers used their own brains, or if they didn't actually know about the theft of items. ”

"You mean, there are other suspects behind this?"

Hill looked at Merlin, who nodded silently.

"Now is not the time to talk about this, and if you do want to know, I'll tell you about it when it's over. The premise is..."

Merlin looked at Hill, he lowered his voice, and whispered:

"You've got to show me your memory. I have to make sure you're not one of theirs. ”

"This..."

Hill hesitated, but after a few seconds, she seemed to have made up her mind, and then she looked up and looked into Merlin's eyes, and she said:

"Good! When it's over, I'll show you my memories. ”

"One more thing, if I'm not mistaken, when the Ministry of Defense took over Base 084, the person in charge of the defense of this base was a female colonel named Hale."

Merlin said to Hill:

"That was years ago, and I need you to use S.H.I.E.L.D.'s intelligence system to help me find the information and location of this Colonel Hale. Once you find her, I'll take care of the rest. ”

Hill nodded, and before she could answer, a voice sounded behind the two:

"Sir! We've found the fifth stolen item! ”

"What's the codename?"

Merlin turned to ask, and the heavily armed agent looked at the sign on the box, and said:

“41084-3！”

Hill immediately picked up the list and glanced at it, and the beautiful female agent's gaze became strange. She handed Merlin the list in her hand, and Merlin looked down, his expression becoming a little playful.

"41084-3...Captain America: Steve. Comparison of Rogers' blood samples before and after receiving the Super Soldier Program. What are those guys going to do with this? ”

Merlin squinted his eyes and said:

"As far as I know, even now in 2001, cloning technology is not advanced enough to make a living person from some DNA that may have been definct and a bunch of data, right?"

"That's impossible."

Hill also shook his head and said:

"Even the biological geniuses of the Imperial Organization can't do this. Unless, using magic? ”

"Magic..."

Merlin immediately remembered the figure of Lady Hydra, and he nodded, and said:

"I really don't rule it out. I'm going to go to the wizard's library and see if I can find any information on this. By the way, Ciel, what happened last night..."

"Nothing, sir."

Hill subconsciously turned her face away at this moment, she felt her cheeks a little hot, and she whispered:

"I have to thank you for stopping me from doing something more humiliating."

"I mean, drink less in the future, you're too bad for drinking."

Before Merlin left with the Transfiguration Charm, he lowered his voice and said to Ciel:

"If you have to drink, make sure I'm with you, okay?"

"Hmm."

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"Huh"

Merlin appeared in the mansion in New York, and Elsa said that she was going to visit the casino Las Vegas, so she didn't come back with him.

That's actually just right.

Merlin looked left and right, and quietly returned to his basement, where he unleashed several magical enchantments around him, and then took out a rusty bronze green bell from his pocket.

Yustu's Green Bell...

Hydra did take a lot of things from the S.H.I.E.L.D. base, but at least the theft of this thing had nothing to do with them.

However, since Hydra is already destined to take the blame, it is not a big problem to carry one more.

Merlin put the cold, scorching demonic green bell in his hand, this thing was no different from the green bell he remembered, it was still the ordinary, inner but very dangerous appearance.

"The last one is missing."

Merlin placed the Green Bell in the cabinet below his test bench, where the red canister that was as unremarkable as the Green Bell was quietly placed.

Only the last part of this set of magic weapons remains.

"The Silver Wheel of Nayras."

Merlin closed the door in front of him, and he read the name of the last artifact, but compared to the two parts of the artifact, which had no effort to obtain, the last silver wheel was really elusive, and even the gossip about its appearance was pitiful.

This is a very normal thing, after all, it is a strange thing that seals the ancient demon, and as long as the original sealer does a little trick, these things are destined to be difficult to find.

Merlin was able to find 2 in a short period of time, which was already a character explosion.

But speaking of which, when it comes to matters related to demons, Merlin's luck seems to be a little weirdly good.

But the clue to the line of the obelisk was broken in the end.

The Inhumans in the afterlife can't trace the location of the stolen obelisk, they just know that the obelisk is likely to have fallen into the hands of a dangerous person, and the recent abnormal resurgence of the Inhumans on the East Coast should have something to do with the obelisk.

And Merlin also found the news of the other leader of the Hydra, the "disciple", in the memory of the baronet, if Merlin's guess is correct, then the obelisk is likely to have fallen into the hands of the mysterious leader of the Hydra a few years ago.

"Are they trying to create their own army of Inhumans?"

Merlin looked out the window at the sun, although two Hydra leaders had already died at his hands, but as he learned more and more about Hydra, he was now a little unsure of what those madmen were up to.

For the next few days, Hill stayed at Base 084 to check for the disappearance of the strange object, and after 4 days, Hill came up with a headache.

Of the 176 strange objects stored in Base 084, including the obelisk and the green bell, a total of 11 were stolen...

This is definitely not good news.

At the same time, Merlin took Fury's order and went to the other two places where 084 items were stored, fortunately, in these two places that have been firmly controlled by S.H.I.E.L.D., those 084 items stored here have not been stolen, which also proves that the theft of those strange objects is absolutely inseparable from the dereliction of duty of the Ministry of Defense.

The mess left behind by the group of soldiers who are very controllable but incompetent a few years ago has not been able to cover it up in the end.

On the afternoon of his return to New York, Fury met with General Ross the "Thunderbolt" of the Department of Defense, and no one knew what the two of them had discussed, but I heard that General Ross, who had a very hard temper, had a very bad face when he left.

It is said that three stolen strange objects were returned to Base 084 that night, but the remaining 8 strange objects were not so easy to recover.

Merlin had been waiting for Hill to gather information about the General Hale who had been stationed at Base 084 by the Ministry of Defense, and he instinctively felt that the colonel's whereabouts should represent the final mystery of the theft.

But Merlin waited left and right, and instead of Ciel's report, he waited for another person.

"Hah, Merlin Boy!"

One afternoon, old Stan with a cane stood in Merlin's drawing-room, carrying a handbag, and the old man who had arrived suddenly looked up and down Merlin's room, and said to Merlin:

"Where you live, uh, it's so simple. I finally know why you can't find a girlfriend all the time... You have to be willing to spend money, Merlin, the girls of this era are very realistic, and you have to throw money to capture their hearts. ”

The old man sat on the sofa and said to Merlin, who was sitting next to him:

"In my day, you needed to invite girls to movies and dinners. In this era, you should spend more money and buy some gifts. ”

"Ah, Stan! Please. ”

Merlin looked at the chattering old man in front of him with a headache, and he said in a low tone:

"I'm really busy right now, and I don't have time to discuss chasing girls with you... What are you holding in your hand? ”

"That's it."

Stan smiled and waved the book in his hand, and he handed it to Merlin, who took it and found it to be a comic book with a blonde woman with a similar drawing style to Carol, fighting the fleet in the stars.

"This is the comic book I promised you, just released today, this is the first one! I also signed my name on the title page. ”

"Captain Marvel. The First Year of the Stars"

Merlin read out the title of the comic's cover, and he looked at Old Stan in surprise, saying:

"Are you going to draw a series?"

"No, I'm going to draw a new system!"

The old man's eyebrows fluttered and he said:

"I've already been approached by film companies to talk about film adaptations... They look good at the system and to be honest, I'm looking forward to it as well. Oh yes, and this one! ”

Stan pulls a folded piece of paper from his pocket, which appears to have been torn from a notebook.

Merlin turned the paper out in his hand and found several phone numbers on it, several of which had been crossed out with a paintbrush or had been marked with an asterisk, and only one number had no markings on it.

"This, I found in the Veterans Club."

Old Stan lit his cigar and said to Merlin:

"This is supposed to be the contact information that the mysterious old Steve left when he attended the party that night, I tried to call, but it kept going to voicemail. I think that since it's not a wrong number, it means that it can be dialed, it's just a few more attempts. ”

Merlin looked at the number in his hand, and after a moment, he said to Stan:

"Thanks, Stan, this phone number is important to me... I really want to thank you. ”

"No, I volunteered to help you, after all, you also helped me."

Old Stan waved his hand, and he said to Merlin:

"I really want to help, just after the movie is made, buy a few more tickets..."

As he spoke, Stan pulled out a pen and paper, he looked at Merlin, and he urged:

"A few more stories, Merlin, I think the stories you've experienced are great. It's still the old rule, pick something that can be said and tell me. ”

"Uh... Well, let me think about it. Speaking of which, Stan, have you ever heard of a life in this world called 'Inhumans'? ”